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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The University of Mary Washington is partnering with George Washington University’s medical school to help students pursue a medical degree. Mary Washington Honors program students are guaranteed early acceptance to the…

WASHINGTON — Robert R. “Bud” Spillane, the Fairfax County superintendent who headed Fairfax County Public Schools for 12 years in the 1980s and 1990s, died July 18 in Boston. Spillane, who had just undergone a…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Universities and colleges in Virginia expect enrollment to increase by more than 7 percent in 2021. A preliminary state report says public and private institutions expect to enroll about 475,000 undergraduate…

WASHINGTON — He may be better known for reading signals from his catcher while on the mound at Nationals Park, but Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg took some time to read a story to…

WASHINGTON — A University of Maryland psychology teacher’s mind-bending extra credit offer is pretty much blowing up the Internet. Dylan Selterman told his social psychology students that they could earn either two points or six points of extra…

College tuition is expensive. Everyone knows that, but nonetheless, here’s the obligatory jaw-dropping number from the nonprofit CollegeBoard.org: The average tuition for an in-state public college during the 2014-2015 academic year was $23,410. A moderate…

WASHINGTON — The Montgomery County Board of Education voted Tuesday to support a plan that would end final exams in middle school. Board members in the Maryland suburban county outside D.C. made their decision after…

Schools That Attract Hispanic Students The number of Hispanic students at U.S. colleges is rising at a faster rate than any other racial or ethnic group. Here are the 10 schools with the highest percentage…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says in a court filing that transgender students must be allowed to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. The department says in a…

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — A former member of the University of Virginia men’s swimming team filed a lawsuit against five teammates, claiming he feared for his life because their hazing was so extreme. Anthony Marcantonio, 19,…

WASHINGTON — The union representing D.C. public educators says that language tucked into the District’s budget bill would prevent the public and the union alike from accessing teacher evaluation results, but city officials dispute that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the nation’s first black sextuplets are poised to graduate high school in Washington. The 18-year-old siblings will attend Howard University in the fall. Jackie Thompson, the mother of the sextuplets,…

WASHINGTON — The attorney general for D.C. has filed suit against two police officers who fraudulently enrolled their children in D.C. Public Schools. According to a news release, the Metropolitan Police Department officers violated the…